for those who care about such things...
i returned my nikon 4500 10 days ago
on 12th day of free 10-day trial and i
traded down to a panasonic lumix LC40
with Leica lens because it had a faster
shutter response and looked pretty bad ass.
but, it was a little too bulky, i don't like having
a separate lenscover, and for $400 less I
could get a canon digital elph S200, which
is what I'd gone in for in the first place, but
it wasn't in stock then because some firm
bought them all. let that be a lesson to you.